Standing Room Only

Series produced by WFHB

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Local lectures & public forums recorded on-location in Monroe County.

Standing Room Only is a weekly series featuring lectures, town hall meetings, and other public forums recorded on-location at various sites in Monroe County. This program amplifies voices not adequately represented in mainstream media to help raise public consciousness of issues affecting life in South Central Indiana and beyond.


114 Pieces

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Indianapolis Star columnist Erika Smith spoke to students at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs about urban developm...

  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:40
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On Wednesday, February 20th, the Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh gave a speech, featuring a public Q and A session. T...

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:58
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On Tuesday, March 5, Maria Hinojosa spoke at the Buskirk Chumley Theatre in Bloomington. Her talk was sponsored by the Indiana University School of...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 57:31
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On Saturday May 4, Professor Albert Newen gave a talk entitled "Animal Cognition: Is there a feature that marks an anthropological borderline?" The...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:21
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On April 19th on the Campus of Indiana University Kate Gould spoke at a day-long military conflict seminar. Kate Gould is a Lobbyist for Friends Co...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:30
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On April 14 Sarah Hardy, one of the world's leading primatologists and evolutionary biologists, is the A. D. White Professor at Large at Cornell Un...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 56:42
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Jason Miller is a Behavior Specialist, Author & Public Speaker. His first book Lover or Loser has sold over 9,000 copies independently and he is no...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 57:57
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On Tuesday, June 4, A forum was held in Bloomington to involve the public in a discussion about a new 1% tax on food and beverages from restaurants...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:17
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Allegra Goodman spoke at a gathering of Jewish Writers on Indiana University's campus. Goodman’s talk focused on Jewish American Literature as a ge...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 58:12
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Boxcar Books hosted an informal conversation with Ryan Nerz, and a reading from his new book Marjuanamerica. Ryan Nerz is a writer, and jack-of-man...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 57:39
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On July 12, The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce hosted a Legislative Update and Defense Discussion with Senator Dan Coats and the Indiana O...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 55:34
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This weekend a reunion of Bloomington’s 1960s and 70’s activists met to relive and analyze their time fighting the machine in our town.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 56:31
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Last Thursday, August 8th, County Commissioner Julie Thomas moderated a panel discussion focusing on domestic violence and access to protective ord...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:03
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Jeannine Bell, IU Maurer Law School Professor, and author of recently published “Hate Thy Neighbor,” spoke to members of the organization, Democrac...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2013
  • Length: 58:37
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On April 12th Richard Louv was spoke at the Reynold E. Carlson lecture.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2013
  • Length: 57:08
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On Saturday August 3rd Mary Ann Wynkoop, the author of the book: Dissent in the Heartland, will be moderating a discussion of the 1962 ”Fair Play f...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:55
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On Saturday August 3rd, The Bloomington City Council hosted a reunion of figures who were influential in the 70s Labor Movement of Bloomington.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 56:33
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On Tuesday, September 17th City Council Member Susan Sandberg sponsored a resolution, along with Council Members Darryl Neher and Tim Mayer as co-s...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
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On July 30th, The City of Bloomington held a periodic panel discussion of local government figures to address concerns, express views, and update t...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 56:27
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Radley Balko's new book “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces” explains how various factors and ill-advised polic...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 55:17